PFOS, you either completely missed, or totally ignored the point. Nationalized, Socialized, or whatever else you want to call it 'healthcare', DOES NOT WORK. It's NEVER worked, and it never will work.
I specifically mentioned New Orleans because I know a bit about the area. Charity Hospital (pre-Katrina) was jam-packed, 24/7/365 with people with no insurance, and they got all the care they needed, BUT, if you weren't bleeding all over the floor, you had to wait in line for DAYS before you were even seen. Canada's system sucks worse than that because by the time you can even get an appointment to see a doctor, you're either over whatever it was that was bothering you, your so far gone that there's nothing they can do for you, or you're DEAD!
The problem with healthcare has nothing to do with doctors, or hospitals, it has to do with GOVERNMENT. If you really want to see truly affordable healthcare insurance, the first thing that's got to happen is TORT REFORM, the second thing is to get rid of all of those stupid government mandates and let doctors get back to treating patients instead of filling out mountains of paperwork, the third thing is to allow insurance companies to write "ala cart" policies where the insured gets to customize their policy the way THEY want it, and lastly, let people write off the ENTIRE cost of their insurance and healthcare (at least until we can get the FairTax passed, at which point it'll be moot).
